How to Quickly & Safely Manually Update WordPress Plugins

How to Quickly & Safely Manually Update WordPress Plugins

In this video tutorial we will explore what I think is the safest way and quickest way to update plugins for WordPress or WooCommerce. If you purchase plugins, like here at PluginForage, you often will need to update the plugins manually when an update comes out. You can also use this technique to safely update themes manually.

You should also use the safe techniques demonstrated in this video when you are updating plugins using the auto update feature that WordPress.org and other places use. The reason for this is; if the plugin breaks your site on update, and that does happen sometimes, you will be glad you followed the procedures shown in this video.

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